Owner manual

Contents

Component identification 7

Front panel LEDs and buttons..............................................................................................................7

Rear panel components ........................................................................................................................8

Rear panel LEDs and buttons...............................................................................................................9

SAS and SATA drive numbers ..........................................................................................................10

SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs.......................................................................................................11

SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations..................................................................................11

Operations 13

Power up the storage enclosure..........................................................................................................13

Power down the storage enclosure.....................................................................................................14

Setup 15

Rack planning resources ....................................................................................................................15

Optimum environment .......................................................................................................................16

Space and airflow requirements..............................................................................................16

Temperature requirements......................................................................................................17

Power requirements ................................................................................................................18

Electrical grounding requirements..........................................................................................19

Rack warnings....................................................................................................................................19

Shipping contents...............................................................................................................................20

Installing the storage enclosure into the rack.....................................................................................20

Installing hardware options................................................................................................................21

Installing servers ................................................................................................................................21

Choosing a configuration...................................................................................................................22

Single-enclosure configuration...............................................................................................22

Cascading (1+1) configuration ...............................................................................................23

Cabling the storage enclosure ............................................................................................................23

Supported cables.....................................................................................................................23

SAS cabling guidelines...........................................................................................................24

Power cords ............................................................................................................................24

Updating firmware.............................................................................................................................25

Hardware options installation 27

Hard drive options..............................................................................................................................27

SAS and SATA hard drive guidelines ....................................................................................27

Installing a SAS or SATA hard drive .....................................................................................27